Patients receiving anticancer therapies based on immune-checkpoint blockade (ICB) often experience clinical benefits from such treatments, but unconventional patterns of response can be observed, emphasizing the importance of using a specific approach to evaluating responses to immunotherapy. Herein, the authors review the biological mechanisms underlying the response patterns associated with ICB, describe strategies for the assessments of such responses, and highlight the ongoing efforts to identify biomarkers to guide treatment with ICB.
- Mizuki Nishino
- Nikhil H. Ramaiya
- F. Stephen Hodi